D&D (2024) 2024 Player's Handbook preview: "New Spells"

[Yaarel]

The motive is for "fun" "easter eggs", but I am wary of baking setting assumptions into the spell descriptions.

The baked-in cosmological assumptions make it more difficult for DMs to worldbuild. Scattering setting assumptions randomly across spell descriptions can be a headache for a DM, who virtually needs to rewrite every one of them to make suitable for the world.

 

[Kobold Avenger]

At least they finally got to showing Evard casting Evard's Black Tentacles.

 

[Yaarel]

"Well, luckily, we have alot more books coming out after this too."

There are supplements in development.

 

[Nikosandros]

I've managed to watch the video. What's the deal with Produce Flame? Why is it so painful to cast?

 

[Yaarel]

"ritual" tag now listed on casting time line. (not clear that this helps -- will they be marked on the spell lists with the classes?)

Happy Canada Day, everybody!

Hypothetically, every spell list might add "C, R, M" to a spell, for Concentration, Ritual, or costly gp Material component, if applicable, either parenthetically or in superscript.

 

[FitzTheRuke]

At least they finally got to showing Evard casting Evard's Black Tentacles.

Is Evard a Drow?

I've managed to watch the video. What's the deal with Produce Flame? Why is it so painful to cast?

I'm not sure. I've never had trouble with it.

The thing I'm most excited by with this video is the idea that they spent some effort to delete superfluous words from the spell descriptions. As someone who puts the full effect of every spell on my character sheets, and wants to use as little space as possible, I've had to do some serious trimming over the years!

 

[Quickleaf]

Happy Canada Day

I really enjoyed the changes they're implementing to Leomund's Tiny Hut, Goodberry, Create Food and Water, and...

Oh wait, uh, nevermind. Wrong game.

 

[Stalker0]

its another one where the devil will be in the details, and we will see what spell changes are truly there. I do like the trimmed down wording and the consistency of definition, I appreciate that they recognize this wasn't just a power rebalance exercise but also an attempt to make spell more generally "usable" to players.

They mentioned they didn't nerf many spells, well lets hope they at least got to the most egregious ones.

 

[Yaarel]

Evard, who here is casting Evards Black Tentacles, is purplish?

 

[Remathilis]

I've managed to watch the video. What's the deal with Produce Flame? Why is it so painful to cast?

You cast it on round one. On round two, you can throw it and then create a new flame in your hand. Repeat round 3 and on. Basically, the spell does nothing on round one.